The night of April 7th 1990, a fire erupts on the cruise ship Scandinavian Star, as it’s sailing between Oslo and Frederikshavn. 159 people pass away in the fire.
The disaster still stands as a clear memory for the surviving crew members and passengers, and for the inflicted relatives who were victims of the tragedy. But what really happened on that night, and why was the biggest arson in Scandinavia never solved?
The fire was an arson and it’s still the biggest unsolved murder case in Scandinavia. Today, 30 years later, the authorities have given up on trying to solve the case. But despite the many years of investigating, there are stills clues and witnesses who have never been investigated or interrogated by the Danish or Norwegian police. This has angered and frustrated the inflicted relatives, who are finding it difficult to accept the fact that they never got any answers.
The documentary series will pursue the many clues of this case, and seek out new witnesses, in a continuous search for the understanding of why it went so wrong and why the authorities never got any answers?
This is the story of Scandinavia’s biggest unsolved murder mystery, in recent times.
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- Original Title: Scandinavian Star
- Genres: Documentary, TV Series
- Production Year: 2020
- Country of Origin: Denmark
- Language Spoken: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English, Filipino, Portuguese
- Duration: 6x58
- Shot On: Sony fS7 & Phantom 4k
- Screen Ratio: 16:9
- Format: ProRes 5.1 & 2.0
- Domestic Release: 08/03/2020
- Director: Mikala Krogh
- Director of Photography: Manuel Alberto Claro
- Film Editors: Kasper Leick, Martin Stoltz, Peter Winther, Cathrine Ambus, Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen, Allan Funch Petersen
- Sound Editors: Oskar Skriver, Nino Jacobsen
- Script Writers: Nikolaj Scherfig
- Production Status: Post-production
- Production Company: Nordisk Film Production A/S
- Producers: Thomas Heinesen, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
- Composers: Jonas Bjerre
- Executive Producers: Henrik Zein, Sigrid Dyekjær, Mikala Krogh, Eva Mulvad, Pernille Rose Grønkjær
- Financiers: DR, Tv4, NRK, DFI, Nfi, LevelK, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Den Vestdanske Filmpulje, Mantaray Film, Copenhagen Film Fund
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